Post by blackcloud on Jun 26, 2014 4:31:51 GMT -5
Located 19 kilometers northeast of Sanjiang County, the Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge Scenic Area top China tours only covers several square kilometers. The area has 8 connected Dong villages, where you can see the unique Diaojiao Lou (a kind of legged dwelling), grand drum towers, wind and rain bridges, water mills...view the terraced rice fields, enjoy the folk songs and dances, touch the Dong customs, visit Dong people's families and taste their special food...
The area consists of Ma An, Ping Tan, Ping Zhai, Yan Zhai, Dong Zhai, Ping Pu, Ji Chang and Da Zhai. These villages are home to the Dong Ethnic Minority Group. Da Zhai (aka Chengyang Village) is the biggest and most famous village China tour deals among them in the area. It needs five minutes in every direction from there to other villages.
The village is a good place to base your travels from because it has the best hotels in the area, and is in the center of a large number of villages. No matter which direction you take out of Da Zhai, will take you to another village. What makes these villages so unique is that there is little evidence that it is the 21st century. Most of the local people still wear their traditional minority clothing, and the local government has made rules forbidding any modern style buildings to be built in the area, so all of the buildings are made of wood, and do not use nails, or fasteners of any kind.
All the buildings are built of a mortise and tendon design, and uses their own weight to hold them together. All of the hotels in Chengyang Village are local villagers homes (Diaojiao Lou). The first floor is traditionally where the shops were, and the upper floors are the living quarters. The houses are usually three stories high. In the area, each village features one drum tower. The Dong Ethnic Minority drum towers China travel guide are used as meeting houses, and places to send signals to the entire villages. The towers have a square foundation, and appear to have many levels. They are in fact empty inside except for a large drum. When there was an emergency, like a fire, or an attack, the drum would be beat, and because of the design of the structure, the sound would be amplified and could be heard for miles around.
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The area consists of Ma An, Ping Tan, Ping Zhai, Yan Zhai, Dong Zhai, Ping Pu, Ji Chang and Da Zhai. These villages are home to the Dong Ethnic Minority Group. Da Zhai (aka Chengyang Village) is the biggest and most famous village China tour deals among them in the area. It needs five minutes in every direction from there to other villages.
The village is a good place to base your travels from because it has the best hotels in the area, and is in the center of a large number of villages. No matter which direction you take out of Da Zhai, will take you to another village. What makes these villages so unique is that there is little evidence that it is the 21st century. Most of the local people still wear their traditional minority clothing, and the local government has made rules forbidding any modern style buildings to be built in the area, so all of the buildings are made of wood, and do not use nails, or fasteners of any kind.
All the buildings are built of a mortise and tendon design, and uses their own weight to hold them together. All of the hotels in Chengyang Village are local villagers homes (Diaojiao Lou). The first floor is traditionally where the shops were, and the upper floors are the living quarters. The houses are usually three stories high. In the area, each village features one drum tower. The Dong Ethnic Minority drum towers China travel guide are used as meeting houses, and places to send signals to the entire villages. The towers have a square foundation, and appear to have many levels. They are in fact empty inside except for a large drum. When there was an emergency, like a fire, or an attack, the drum would be beat, and because of the design of the structure, the sound would be amplified and could be heard for miles around.
tags: China tourism